Pr Hb * DOE ARCHIVES ZA Cpe SO [sr frre t ' \ ey\ aps oo 408367 a ~ ARN. oy BECO eet NS taiis wv APR 2 4 1870 Chairman Seaborgy Commissioner Ramey Commissioner Johnson Commissioner Thompson CoN Commissioner Larson THRU: General Manager I SL Loct SUMMARY REPORT BY DR, ROBERT CONARD, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY, OF THE CURRENT MEDICAL STATUS OF THE MARSHALLESE EXPOSED TO FALLOUT FROM THE MARCH 1, 1954 TEST ON BIKINI’ Dr. Conard, on returning from his annual medical examination of the Marshallese during March 1970, reports no new serious cases of thyroid disease among this population, The five Marshallese who underwent diagnostic procedures at Brookhaven National Laboratory and thyroid surgery at the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital last August were in good condition, The present status may be tabulated as follows: I. Young Rongelapese exposed to fallout March 1, 1954, when they were 1 to 8 years of age. (Estimated dose: 175 rads external gamma plus 600 to 1400 rem internal frradiation,.) Total - 19 1. 2. Currently normal by clinical and biochemical tests. xOY tof a (11%) Currently hypothyroid with minimal nodularity. Responding satisfactorily to oral thyroid hormone therapy. 3. 2 3 (16%) Have undergone surgery in the U. S, prior to 1969 because of nodular thyroid disease; histologic diagnosis of adenomatous goiter and Huerthle cell tumor, Responding satisfactorily to oral thyroid hormone therapy with one exception: This patient shows some enlargement of the remnant of thyroid left from a partial thyroidectomy in 1964; as she has not followed her post-operative thyroid hormone regimen, there is question as to whether she should have further surgery, 11 (58%) x